Dr. Brad Clark

Broadcast Media Studies & Journalism Professor

Brad teaches in both the broadcast and journalism programs at MRU and is the co-director of the Community Podcast Initiative. Recently his teaching has focused on narrative media, including magazine writing and podcasting. His passion for audio storytelling developed over the course of 20 years as a journalist, much of it spent working in radio at the CBC. During his time at the public broadcaster, he worked on an award-winning investigative unit in Edmonton in the 1990s, and as a national reporter based in Calgary from 2000 to 2006. In 2014, Brad earned a doctorate degree in communication, examining television news representations of Indigenous Peoples and racialized groups in his dissertation. Much of his research has explored diversity, equity and inclusion in all forms of media.  He’s the author of Journalism’s Racial Reckoning: The News Media’s Pivot to Diversity and Inclusion.